E.W. Lyman, of the firm of Chamberlain & Lyman, dealers in groceries and queens ware, was born in N.Y. in 1850; engaged in milling until 1870, when he removed to Dunlap, Ia., and was in the employ of the C. and N.W. Ry. until 1881, when he engaged in his present business. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. order. In 1874 he was married in Dunlap to Miss Lowry. They have three children.
T.J. Buchanan, furniture dealer and undertaker, was born in Boone County, Ill., March 10th, 1856; removed to Rockford; thence to Harrison County, Ia., and engaged in farming three years in Union township. In Feb., 1881, he bought his present business of Rudd & Soper, and carries an elegant stock of goods. He married Alice A. Brownell, at Rockford, Ill., April 14th, 1876, and has one child, a daughter.
Levi Motz was born in Pennsylvania, 21 April 1828 and died at the home of daughter, Mrs. John Taylor, in Decatur, Nebraska 26 May 1914 at 6 p.m. following several months of decline in strength and sickness aged 86 years 1 month and 5 days. When a young man he came to Tipton County Indiana. In 1854 he came to Iowa and in 1856 he was married to Elizabeth Burcham at Magnolia, Iowa. To their union 11 children were born–9 daughters and 2 sons. All of his children survive him except one daughter who died several years ago. His wife … Read more
William Loyd Wallace was born in Clay Township, Harrison County, Iowa, 2 December 1860 and died at his home north west of Modale, Iowa 5 June 1914 aged 53 years, 6 months and 3 days. He was married to Miss Kate Davis, also a resident of Harrison County on 9 November 1883. To this union there were born four children; three girls; Mrs. James Yutesler of Modale, Iowa; Mrs. Kelly Vittitoe of Woonsockt, south Dakota and Susie who resides at home, and one boy, William Howard who also resides at home. Mr. Wallace lived his entire live in clay township. … Read more
Funeral services for Mrs. W. M. Sharpnack were held at Modale Church of Christ last Saturday afternoon, with T. H. Jeys of Nevada, Iowa in charge. Internment was made in Calhoun cemetery. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mr. and Mrs. David Wiltse, Mrs. Geo. Parker and Mr. will Lockling, with Miss Neita Harvey as pianist. The death of Mrs. Sharpnack came as a great shock to old friends and relatives here, who were concerned about the condition of Mr. Sharpnack, forgetting the weaken condition of his wife. The casket, together with the family arrived on the flyer … Read more
L. Shaubel, foreman of the S.C. & P.R.R. company’s paint shop, at Missouri Valley, was born in Pa.; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1854 with parents, and was employed in the C.& N.W.R.R. paint shops, until coming to this city in 1877 and accepting his present position.
L.H. Crane, deputy postmaster and grocer, was born in Rochester, Minn., in April, 1860; removed with parents to Jeddo, Harrison County, Ia., in 1862; the next year they moved to a farm two miles from Woodbine. He is a graduate of Miller’s Mercantile College, of Keokuk, Ia. In 1879 he moved to Woodbine and engaged in business with his father, who was appointed postmaster in March 1881.
Dr. B.F. Philbrook, one of the oldest established dentists in the county, was born in Camden, Me., in 1853; removed with his parents to Ohio., and received his education at the Ohio Weslyan University, at Delaware; moved to Ia., and engaged in the practice of dentistry with T.E. Weeks, of Council Bluffs; remained eighteen months, and in April, 1879; located at Dunlap. He has one of the best fitted offices in the west, with Johnson’s dental engine, extension instrument, bracket, surgeon’s case of liquid nitrous oxide gas, for the painless extraction of teeth, the pedal lever chair, with which any … Read more
H.C. Harshbarger, dealer in groceries, was born in Spencer County, Ind., in 1840; removed with parents to Mahaska County, Ia., in 1848, and to Harrison County in 1856, locating near present town of Woodbine. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. I, Neb. Inft. was in several prominent battles, and in 1865 was discharged and returned to Harrison County. In 1865, he was elected county auditor, and county recorder in 1866, and in 1870 engaged in the mercantile business, which he continued for three years; then engaged in farming for six years, and in 1881 sold his farm and engaged in … Read more
W.A. Sharpnack, dealer in general merchandise, is a native of W. Va., and a son of Henry Sharpnack, who was one of the first settlers of Harrison County. He came to this county in 1857 and engaged in farming, until 1878, when he engaged in his present business. He also deals in grain.
John W. Barnhart, attorney at law, was born in Northumberland County, Pa., Nov. 30th, 1837; moved to Mich. in 1849. He graduated from Michigan University, at Ann Arbor, in 1864; read law with H.T. Severns, and was admitted to the bar in 1865; came to Iowa and located at Boonsboro, Boone County, and opened an office. He was mayor of that place three terms. In Feb., 1878 he removed to Logan; has been mayor of this city one term. He was married in Mich. to Susan M. Hicks, of Saratoga, N.Y., July 11, 1865. They have four children-two sons and … Read more
Charles F. Luce, land, loan, and collecting agent, was born in Wis. in 1860. He graduated from the Morgan Park Military Academy, in 1877; came to Harrison County, Ia., in same year locating at Woodbine engaging in lumber and grain business which he continued two years, and then engaged in stock business, which he still carries on in connection with the agency, which he established in 1881. Office in the new Boyer Bank building. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. order. In 1879 and 1880 he was deputy sheriff and jailor of Woodbine.
Last First and Middle Section Post Office Township Business Origin Arrival County State Beaman B 34 Mondamin Morgan Farmer Indiana 1867 Harrison Iowa Beaman E C 33 Mondamin Morgan Farmer/Stock Raiser Indiana 1873 Harrison Iowa Beaman J W 33 Mondamin Morgan Farmer/Stock Raiser Indiana 1873 Harrison Iowa Crabb James C 7 Little Sioux Morgan Farmer/Stock Raiser Indiana 1863 Harrison Iowa Farrall H W 7 Little Sioux Morgan Farmer/Stock Raiser Ohio 1882 Harrison Iowa Gamet David 35 Mondamin Morgan Farmer/Stock Raiser New York 1854 Harrison Iowa Gunsolley J L 27 Mondamin Morgan Farmer/Stock Raiser Illinois 1874 Harrison Iowa Noyes Wm 35 … Read more
Geo. Soper, dealer in hardware, was born in Rome, N.Y., July 14th, 1853; moved with parents to Clinton, Ia., in 1857, and came to Logan in July, 1878, and engaged in present business. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge. He was married Aug. 26th, 1878, to Lena Dodson, of Stanwood, Ia. They have one child, a son.
B. Johnston, M.D., came from Ohio. to Harrison County, Ia., in 1855; returned to Ohio. in 1861, and enlisted in Co. G, 53rd Ohio. Vol. as assistant surgeon; was discharged in 1862, for physical disability; returned to Ohio., where he remained until 1869, when he returned to Harrison County, Ia., and engaged in the practice of medicine at Mondamin.
Reuben Wallace, M.D., was born in Mass. in 1812. He began the practice of medicine in 1845, at North Adams, Mass. In 1849 removed to St. Lawrence County, N.Y., where he remained until 1857, when he came west. At the close of the war he settled in Harrison County, and engaged in the practice of his profession.
Last First and Middle Section Post Office Township Business Origin Arrival County State Burling Thomas A 9 Dunlap Harrison Farmer/Stock Raiser England 1866 Harrison Iowa Brock G A 20 Dunlap Harrison Farmer Vermont 1867 Harrison Iowa Bessell George S 21 Dunlap Harrison Twp Assessor/Farmer/Stock New York 1877 Harrison Iowa Emmerson J E 17 Dunlap Harrison Farmer/Stock Raiser Canada 1868 Harrison Iowa Emmerson S E 17 Dunlap Harrison Farmer/Stock Raiser Canada 1868 Harrison Iowa Gilchrist A C 32 Dunlap Harrison Farmer New York 1871 Harrison Iowa Hickox S L 21 Dunlap Harrison Farmer Connecticut 1868 Harrison Iowa Jennings F A 34 … Read more
Sylvester B. Kibler, senior member of the firm of Kibler Bros. & Winter, dealers in general merchandise, was born in Portage County, Ohio., in 1846; moved to Harrison County, Ia., with parents in 1853. He engaged in present business with his brother G.H. and in August 1880, they took into the firm Mr. Winter. They have one of the finest buildings in the county, built in 1878, and carry a very large and complete stock of goods; are also agents for the Mason & Hamlin organs and the American sewing machine. S. B. Kibler was married in 1873, to Caroline … Read more
Last Name First and Middle Business Origin Date City County State Brainard G R Post Master/General Indiana 1855 Magnolia Harrison Iowa Eaton D F Merchandise New York 1858 Magnolia Harrison Iowa Depue I W Photographer Canada 1867 Magnolia Harrison Iowa Hallen James Mfg Harness/Saddles England 1875 Magnolia Harrison Iowa Holmes C H Proprietor of Creamery Vermont 1866 Magnolia Harrison Iowa Oviatt A N Dlr General Merchandise Vermont 1866 Magnolia Harrison Iowa Farmer/Stock Raiser Magnolia Harrison Iowa
T.N. Berry, of the firm of Morgan & Berry, grocers, was born in Pottawattamie County, Ia., in 1855; moved with his parents to Harrison County in 1856. He located in Missouri Valley in 1879, and was engaged in the livery business in 1881, when he entered the above firm.